Shade and curtain bracket.



E. H. JENKINS.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1. I916.

1,21 6,12. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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ELMER H. JENKINS, 0F CAMBRIDGE, OHIO.

SHADE AND CURTAIN BRACKET.

Application filed September 1, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER H. JENKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge, in the county of Guernsey and State of ()hio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade and Curtain Brackets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

. This invention relates to improvement in curtain pole support and shade bracket.

The object of this invention is to provide a device including duplicate sections made from single blanks of material which may be quickly and readily secured to a window frame construction and a shade and curtain pole supported thereby.

A further object of this invention is to provide a pair of duplicate sections telescoping one on the other which permits the relative adjustment of the sections so that the same may be adjusted to various widths of Window frame so that the curtain pole may be supported evenly across the window and the curtain hung with accuracy.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a structure of this character which will be simple, practical and comparatively inexpensive in construction and one that can be manufactured and sold at a comparatively small cost.

\Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and set forth in the claim hereto appended.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved combined curtain pole support and shade bracket as made in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of the sections showing the same in blank form and the way the inner end is folded,

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view of the connecting of the duplicate sections, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4-4: of Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference designate cor responding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein I have shown my improved structure of the shade bracket and curtain pole support which comprises in its con- Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

Serial in. 118,070.

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telescoping sections numbered 1 and 2 and 1 are constructed of a single blank of metal which are substantially rectangular and provided with longitudinally extending slots 3 and 4. The outer ends of each section are bent outwardly at right angles to the body as at 5 to provide the shade supporting bracket 6 which has the usual openings 7 therein to receive the pintles of a shade roller.

The slots 3 and 4: define tongues 8 and 9, which are bent outwardly as at 10 and the portions 10 are arranged parallel with and extending beyond the extended ends of the bodies 1 and 2. The end of the members 10 are then bent outwardly and lie parallel with the bracket members 6 and extend outwardly beyond the same and are curved downwardly and upwardly to provide curtain pole supporting members 11 and 12. The portions 10 of each pole supporting member is arranged at a spaced distance from the outer side faces of the bracket 6 so as to permit the hanging of the curtains upon the pole which is supported by the pole supporting members without interfering with the curtain shade in the bracket. The inner ends of each of the members 1 and 2 are bifurcated as at 13 to provide the the arms i l and 15, which arms are bent back upon themselves on the line a as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings and the portions 14: are bent to lie on the rear face of the body as clearly shown in Fig. 4 to provide the guides for the adjacent sections. The arms let are bent around the adjacent sections and permit the members to telescope one on the other to provide for the adjustment of the various widths of window sash construction.

In assembling my structure the blanks first have their outer ends bent upwardly at right angles to the body to provide the window shade supporting members, their inner ends are laid one upon the other and the arms 14 and 15 bent to lie back upon the body upon the line A and the extreme ends are then bent to lie against the inner ends of the ad acent sections to provide guides to permit the telescoping of one member on the other and at the same time provide stops for preventing the slipping of one section from the other.

The tongue members 8 and 9 are defined by the slots 3 and a and are bent to provide the members 10, which members are parallel with the bodies 1 and 2. The extreme ends of the members 10 are bent outwardly to provide the curtain pole supporting arms 11 and 12 which curve downwardly and upwardly to effectively support a curtain pole therein.

What is claimed is:

A combined window shade bracket and curtain pole support comprising a pair of adjustably connected members formed of a single blank of metal, the outer end of each of said members bent at right angles thereto to define shade supporting brackets, the body of each member provided with 1ongitudinally extending slots defining tongues,

which tongues are bent outwardly and par allel with the bodies and extending beyond the outer side of the bracket, the extreme ends of the tongues being parallel with the bracket and their extreme ends terminating beyond the front edge of the brackets and curved downwardly and upwardly constituting a curtain pole support, said curtain pole support being spaced from the side faces of the brackets so as to permit the curtain pole to be placed upon or removed from the pole support without interfering with the shade bracket or member.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELMER n. JENKINS.

Witnesses:

T. A. BONNELL, I. HOOTMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

